NewMoon Sneak Peaks from ComicCon 2009

Here's a sneak peak clip that was shown from the part of the movie where Bella and Jacob finally ride the motorcycles (it's also one of the times in the movie where Edward appears to Bella as an illusion. You know, because when she puts herself in danger he can 'speak' to her). All I can say is that you will not be able to resist the urge to scream or throw your hands up in excitment for this movie.

This second sneak peak clip is from the part of the movie where Bella has to go stop Edward from committing vampire suicide. It's also the part where the fountain (which was not in the book) was added. I laughed a little at this clip because it feels a little too dramatic... and computerized. It's hard to explain. The first movie felt to natural, but from these clips the next movie in the series is looking really different.

Alice in Wonderland [1st trailer]

CAN YOU SAY EPIC?

even though most of the trailer looks like the first movie :[

Alice in Wonderland (2010) Trailer

[Summer 2009 Anime] Akia's Watching [#1]

I may have a HUGE list of anime I'm watching from this current Summer anime season... but I'm not actually watching all of them as they come out even though I'm downloading them. Haha. I'm still finishing off Spring anime such as 07-Ghost that have yet to finish while starting the Summer season.

So far, I've watched 2 episodes of Needless. The anime is pretty crazy and it is parody-ing tons of fighting anime.... and this isn't necessarily good like other parody anime are. When this anime gets emotional or sappy, it is in your face!! GRAH. I'm not sure why I want to watch more of this, but for some reason beyond me I do >.>

[plot- In the near future, mankind has suffered from a Third World War, leaving extreme damage all over and forced mankind to become even more distinct from their species. The world was at chaos and from this chaos comes a new species: “Needless”. The Needless are humans who have contracted a “disease” as humans may call them, and allow them to wield extraordinary powers far superior to any mankind. Their abilities include Telekinesis, elemental powers, gravity control, adaptation, radioactive release and all manners of scientific impossibility. (ann)]

If I had to pick an anime to replace my love for Dennou Coil, this would probably be that anime. This may not be the same kind of anime (fantasy sci-fi) but the character relationships are really captivating. I'm loving every second of this anime, and I'm only two episodes in. This anime is Tokyo Mgnitude 8.0.

[plot- The premise of the project is the 70% or higher possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. The anime will depict what would happen if an 8.0 earthquake took place. The story will center on Mirai, a middle school freshman girl who goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yutaka at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in an instant. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yutaka strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo. (ann)]

The first episode really impressed me. It was funny and the fireworks were quite bueatiful.... then I watched the second episode only to find out it is a magical girl anime. Isn't there already a magical mermaid anime out there? OH YAH, it's called Mermaid Melody. Pshhh, this is like a more modern version without the signing. *sigh* But the animation is sooo pretty!! This anime is called Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~.

[plot- The story centers on Marin and Urin, two “pure” sisters who live alongside the fish in the sea, but yearn to be in the world beyond the water and above ground. One day, a beautiful ring falls in the middle of the sea, and Marin and Urin retrieve it. The two decide to leave their waterbound world for the first time to deliver the ring. After an arduous journey, they come across an isolated island where a high school girl named Kanon lives. The encounter between Marin and Kanon — the maiden of the sea and the maiden of the skies — awakens a hidden power as the world is threatened by an enveloping darkness. (ann)]

Something about the pv trailer for Bakemonogatari made me want to watch this particualr summer 09 anime more than the others. Way more. It may have been what seemed to be a focus on art (but the anime is not about art) and the really pretty animation style (which, btw, the picture does not do justice to)... but it turns out this anime is more like Ef in it's animation style. I love the Ef anime!! Soooo, I love this... but it also seems to be a mix of the Sayonara Zetsuba-sensei anime style. Hmm. I haven't seen that anime. By the way, Bakemonogatari is one of my favorites this season. I've seen episodes 1-3 so far.

[plot- Bakemonogatari centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjōgahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi’s arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. After being threatened by her, Koyomi offers her help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a middle-aged homeless man who helped him stop being a vampire. Koyomi Araragi is almost hman again after briefly bcoming a vampire. When Hitagi falls down the stairs into his arms, he discovers he wieghs almost nothing, and offers her help from a middle-aged man. Koyomi encounters different apperitions in a series of interconnected stories. (ann)]

I started reading the Higurashi manga when it was in Yen+.... but stopped when they no longer released it in the magazine BUT now I'm watching this anime though it's not directly related to the characters of Higurashi- Umineko no Naku Koro ni is actually a different section in the When they Cry universe. I've only seen the first episode, and it wasn't all that creepy.

[plot- Umineko no Naku Koro ni takes place in the year 1986, during the time frame of October 4 and October 5 on a secluded island named Rokkenjima (六軒島, Rokkenjima). The head of a wealthy family named Kinzo Ushiromiya, who lives on and owns Rokkenjima, is near death, and eight of his family members arrive on the island to discuss how Kinzo's assets will be divided once he is dead. Also on the island are three family members who live there, five of Kinzo's servants, and his personal physician. After the eight family members arrive, a typhoon traps them on the island and shortly after people start to get mysteriously murdered. (ann)]

Activate '09 & Freedom Fest. '09

Activate Music Fest.

- Ascarate Park; El Paso, TX-

~Aug. 14th & 15th 2009~

[website] [promo video]

Bands: *The David Crowder Band* *Superchick* *Britt Nicole* *Worth Dying For* *The Red Airplanes* *Safe Haven* *The Access Band* *Sonnus* *Micmas* *Aerial* *Olive Branch* *Relevate* *Azusa St.* *Aurora* *Radio* *Embers of Hope* *The Known* *Jh413* *Elixir* *Miguel Balboa* *S4E* *D'AREAL* *Bless The Morning*

Activate Music Fest. will include live music (includes bands that sing in Spanish), youth speakers Mike Richards & Phil Valdez, games, food and fun for the entire family.

Tickets: Tickets are being sold at Family Christian Store for $25 dollars. This price saves the buyer $5 because on the 14th and 15th tickets are bumped up to $30.

Freedom Fest.

-Cliff Amusement Park-

~sept. 5th-7th 2009 (Labor Day Weekend)~

[website]

:Sat. September 5th: I Am Terrified House of Heroes Wavorly Blindside

:Sun. September 7th: B. Reith EleventySeven Abandon Article One

:Mon. September 8th: Run Kid Run Red

Freedom fest. is M88's BIGGEST concert event of 2009. The fest. will include ten bands and fun.

Tickets: Single day tickets are $19 unless you go with a group (have to be at least 10 people) because then single day tickets are $17. Weekend wrist bands on the other hand (which are for all 3 days) are $40. Tickets can be bought online here or (if you live in the Cliff area) at Parchments and 3D Effects.

FUNimation Got It [#1]

Since FUNimation is such a whore,
I decided to create a blog series to rant
about their awsomeness (and sometimes
piss me off-ness). Lolllll

Since this is the first blog in the series, I'm gonna post about all the anime they've acquired that I find interesting that are fairly recent. Feel free to leave your comments =D

[check] means I want to watch

[ex] means I don't know if I want to

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Hmmm... I did not bother watching this when it came out in Japan BUT I was reading the manga when it was being serialized in Yen+. I'll probably watch it since Yen+ no longer serializes the manga. [check]

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I've been excited about the FUNi release of Sgt. Frog since I heard the rumors last year about it getting licensed at all. The first 3 dubbed episodes have a premier at this years Otakon. I'm a little scared though because I just watched the test episode FUNi released on their YouTube and they changed a lot.... such as names and character traits that are neccessary for the show to be worthy of being called Sgt. Frog. [check]

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*sigh* This is a very interesting liscense and one that pisses me off. FUNi took the rights to this anime much in the same way they did with RomeoxJuliet. RxJ was not streamed online like Shikibane-hime (Corpse Princess) is, but I'm still upset because I don't know when I'll be able to buy the DVDs even though this show has been out for a small while now. [check]

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I don't know much about this show but from what I do know, it reminds me a bit of Toonami's IGPX. [ex]

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Sports anime.... ugh. [ex]

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I already bought the first part of the series (13 episodes) and am pretty pleased with the dub. The voices aren't bad, it's the cheesy story. Haha. I waited almost 2 years for this and I'm really excited for the second part of the series. [check]

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I watched the first episode back when the fansubs were being released... but I was watching so much at the time I dropped this one despite people telling me how good it is. So, I'm excited to watch this one. [check]

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Apparently this show is really good because it was popular when being subbed AND has a second season. I might watch it, but it has that video game feel and I don't like video game type anime all that much. .hack// is the only one I ever really liked. [ex]

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BAHAHA. Anime made specifically for fanservice is not good. EWWW. [ex]

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It may look like S-cry-ed but it's a boring mech series >.> [ex]

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Looks interesting. [check]

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I'm told this anime is really good.... [check]

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How long can this series go on!? Ugh... [ex]

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~Others~

My Bride is a Mermaid: Haha, I'm only looking forward to this one because it seems like it'll be like all those visual novel based anime I love. [check]

El Cazador De La Bruja: It's probably going to be like NOIR and Madlax.... [ex]

Rin ~ Daughters of Mnemosyne~: I watched the first 2 episodes by downloading subs, but I stopped in order to wait for the dubbed version. [check]

Sands of Destruction: Video game anime. NO. [ex]

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~Digital [watch 'em here]~

Fist of the North Star: Ewww.... [ex]

Slam Dunk: I really enjoyed the manga back when it was serialized in Shounen Jump, so I just might watch this. Probably one of the few sports anime (besides Eyeshield 21) I'd bother watching. [check]

Digimon Adventure 2.0: I'm a huge Digi-fan!! [check]

Captain Harlock: Not sure. [ex]

Galaxy Express 999: Ohhh, interesing premise AND the possiblilities of cyborgs. I'm sold. [check]

Pretty Cure: I'm still wondering why this is being liscenced after about a million seasons of this anime has been released in Japan, but since it's an over rated anime I don't really want to watch it. [check]

Air Master: hmmm.... [ex]

Phantom ~Reqium for the Phantom~: I started watching it and found it to be ok. [check]

[convention] EPAC 2009

[EPAC website]

This years El Paso Anime Convention was held on

July 11th (saturday) and 12th (sunday) in UTEP's Student Union building.
The Sailor Moon button was made by psyconrikan and the other button was made by kenesukun.

The costum badge was made by winddancer9.

July 11th, 2009 [saturday]

I cosplayed as Orihime.

My day started out with staring at the long registration line that had formed because someone I had meet up with had to go wait in that line to register. I, on the other hand, was stuck staring because I had pre-registered and picked up my badge on the 10th (best descision to make because it saved me a lot of time). After about an hour or so of watching the line move very slowly, I went to check out the artist alley. I ended up buying this Vash print by kenesukun (which I got signed the next day). I also ended up buying a really pretty print (it's a different version of this one) from scotty6000 as well as a short manga called Bueatiful Blood which the artist has recently said on her DA blog that she will make "a branch off story that will be longer and go in depth of the story. [link]" With the purchase of the manga, I was also given a free bookmark and this print. I also donated some money (gave me a free print in return for my donation) to one of the members of Steam Machines and had him ctritique my art. He was pretty cool and gave me some neat advice and even said I had some good stuff (which I did not expect him to say).

After my friend finally got his con badge, I went with him to check out Steel Batallion which is a game where you get to controll a mecha. I ended up not playing the game, but my friend got killed in action. Haha. While he was playing (it takes a while to finish a mission in that game) I went to enter the hall cosplay contest and see when panels would start. The first panel I went to was the qualifications for anime trivia. It was a 50 question test of which I only missed 15, putting me in second place next to a girl who only missed 11. After that, I meet back up with my friend and his friend who's parents brought a type of california roll for us to eat. It was reeealllyyyy good! I believe after that I ended up losing contact with them because I went to an origiami panel while I waited for round one of anime trivia to start. I believe I also went to Santiago's manga panel before trivia started. I got 0 points by the time trivia was over during the first round. Haha. There wasn't anymore trivia untill the next day, but the people puting on the panel had said that 4th-6th place would be playing the next day. After anime trivia, I spent the rest of my day wondering around in the artist alley with a friend. She was dressed up as a geisha (she was the one telling fourtunes with the 7 sins. I ended up getting greed) so we decided it wasn't a good idea to go to the dance. I laughed so much during the 3 or so hours I spent in the arist alley just talking about how much I do not like yaoi/yuri and watched my friend make my custom badge while talking to one of the Steam Machine artists who she says is her inspiraton for a certain style of art. I didn't head back home untill the con staff kicked everyone out of the artist alley and Union building. All in all, day one was a blast!!

July 12th, 2009 [sunday]

I decided not to cosplay the second day.

I spent a lot of my day in how to draw manga panels and anime bingo/trivia (which I won at both). The second day was more relaxed and I didn't feel the need to do anything. I ended up buying more manga from scoty6000 and got two prints and two bookmarks. I'm too lazy to go into detail about day two. Haha. BUT I will say that I was the 4th person to get "BANKAI!" (aka bingo) and I got 1st place in anime trivia round 2. YAYYYY! I felt like such a celebrity/ nerd at the time. Since there weren't any panels left that I wanted to attened, I ended up going to watch Penguin Musume Heart of which I ended up runing into the same friend who gave me lunch the first day. We ended up eating pizza thanks to her parents before heading off to the RE:dance. All in all, day two was more layed back and less packed than day 1.

PICTURES!!

Mistral

C.C.

C.C. & Lelouch

Poison Ivy & Rorschach

masquerade crowed

origiami balloon

anime trivia r.1 (consulation prize)

anime bingo prize (also won pocky, not pictured)

anime trivia r.2 prizes (pencil case not pictured)

convention badge

scoty6000 swag

kenesukun & steam machine's swag

[Figures/Plushies] as of July 6, 2009

This is my anime figure/ plushie collection as of July 5th, 2009.
I will be taking higher quality pictures VERY SOON.
I'll be inclding details such as when I got the figures, links to buy your own and other such fun details.

[Naruto Shippuden] Collectible Mini-Figures: Ninjutsu Collection [Toyami]

Gaara

[packaged]

[Superior Defender Gundam][Bandai]
Captain Gundam

[packaged]

[Sailor Moon] Adventure Doll Series [Irwin]
Sailor Moon

[Pokemon]

Pikachu

[Naruto] 8" Plushie Doll [Great Eastern]
Garra

[Ghost in the Shell SAC] High Grade Real Figure [Kodansha/ Bandai]

Motoko Kusunagi (version B)

[Shaman King]

Lee Pai Long

[Ghost in the Shell] Movie Version Collectible Mini PVC Figures [Gargoyle]

Cystal ver. Tank